I. pars Romanae vrbis topographiae & antiquitatum : quâ succinctê & breviter describuntur omnia quæ tam publicê quam privatim videntur anim-adversione digna / Iano Iacobo Boissardo Vesuntino autore ; tabula chorographica totius Italiæ ; figuræ aliquot eleganter in ære incisæ ; artifice Theodoro de Bry ...

Accession number:

PML 79780

Author:

Boissard, Jean Jacques, 1528-1602.

Published:

Impressum Francofurti : Apud Iohannem Feyrabend : impensis Theodori de Bry ..., 1597-1602.

Credit:

Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1988.

Description:

6 pts. in 3 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 33 cm. (fol.)

Notes:

HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Imprint from colophon.
Colophon, pt. 3, dated 1595.
Title varies; pt. 2: II. pars Antiquitatum romanarum seu Topographis romanæ vrbis ... Francfordij, 1597; pt. 3: III. pars Antiquitatum seu Inscriptionum & epitaphiorum quæ in saxi & marmoribus romanis videntur ... descriptio ... 1597; pt. 4: IIII. pars Antiquitatum romanarum siue II. tomus Inscriptionum & monumentorum, quæ Romæ insaxis & marmoribus visuntur ... Francf. 1598; pt. 5-6: v. [-VI.] pars Antiquitatum romanarum siue III.[-IIII.] tomus Inscriptionum ... Francf. 1600[-1602].
Signatures: pt. 1: pi2 2*4 A-T4 V6; pt. 2: (:)4 2*-3*4 A-D2 E-H4 I6 K4 L6 M-2L4; pt. 3: [dagger]4 A4 B-E6 F-2H4; pt. 4: )(2 A-2G4; pt. 6: ):(4 A-F4 A-2I42K2. (not verified-PML).

Binding:

Contemporary Netherlandish gold-tooled centre- and corner piece binding (calf), with a gilt block of Maurice's coat of arms on both covers; in PML case. .

Variant Title:

II. pars antiquitatum Romanarum

Provenance:

Maurice, Prince of Orange (binding), H.H. Leod ... (?, inscription: Ex libris Henrici Hamal Leod...).

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Genres:

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Department:

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